Ellie has been making beautiful things for as long as I can remember. I grew up watching her, and then I couldn’t help joining in.
It started in Iran. She made children’s clothes, and then silk dresses for the women who kept asking for them. Word got around, and before long she had more orders than hours in the day.
Then came Sweden, where she opened her own atelier. After that, Canada, where she ran a hair salon for more than thirty years. The tools changed. Her eye for colour and shape never did.
She never stopped making things.
I started making jewellery in 1998. When I moved into web design and built my career there, Ellie took the jewellery over and made it completely her own. Today she strings every gemstone piece in this shop by hand, and she crochets too.
I still build websites, and that is how I got to be her voice. I tell people about her work. Every piece you see here comes from her hands.
She and I have also spent years volunteering with Vafa Animal Shelter, raising funds for dogs in Iran. That’s why 10% of everything sold here goes to dog shelters. To us, pets are family.
One woman, one table, and two hands that never learned how to keep still. I’m proud to be her voice.
